you need to go and be seen. this probably is folliculitis and not herpes.
grace
A newly acquired herpes infection won't show up in 12 hours.
Since this has since healed there's no way to know what it was at this point.
This really doesn't sound like herpes either.
grace
the first step is to go and be seen and get a proper exam. It could be many, many things and an exam is the best way to determine what testing, if any, needs done.
grace
You both need type specific herpes igg blood tests to see who has what.
grace
sounds fungal to me too.
How long after the last time you had sex did you have the blood test done?
grace